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A SEVEN DAYS' VISION I 



DEATH OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 



MISCELLANEOUS THOUGHTS ON THE NATURE AND 
FOEM OF THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT 



WITH OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST CONNE(n'IN(; WITH 
IT. AND OUR DITTY TO IT. 



liV ALEXANDER TRIPPET 



EVANHVILI.K 

I I.t .lul IlNAI lOMP.^SV, KTKIM PRINT 

1866. 



A SEVEN DAYS' VISION 



DEATH OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 



MISCELLANEOUS THOUGHTS ON THE NATURE AND 
FORM OF THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, 



WITH OTHER HATTERS OF INTEREST CONNECTING WITH 
IT, AND OUR DUTY TO IT. 



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BY ALEXANDER TRIPPET. 



EVANSVILLE: 

EVAXSVILLE JOVBNAL lOJlrANT, STKAM l-BIKTEKS, EVLtap AND E1SDEK8. 



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Ladies a:?id Gentlexce^' : — It foils to my lot to be your ad- 
visor for your present and future happiness. No man knows 
when, and what time, and what stations in life, he may be call- 
ed to fulfill. Little did I think that I would have been called 
to fill a station when I had never known there was such a sta- 
tion to be filled. My education is very limited, and I never re- 
ported to the proper means that I should have, to improve my- 
self. I scarcely ever read the Bible or any history till recent-' 
ly. My labors for the last six months have been hard ; attime? 
tery exciting, w^hen I had obtained a point which I had labore 1 
for a week at a time with scarcely any sleep. 0, think, when i 
man's mind penetrates through those heavenly bodies, and sees i a 
vision, so that he can grasp the central movements of this planeta- 
ry svstem. 0, this is fhe time that a iTian be'comes so agitated 
that his nervous system is thoroughly tested, 0, this is the 
time that the tears steal down his cheeks in spite of everything 
that he can do. My remarks will bo plain, brief and conclu- 
sive, and you are to be your own jud^'es as to what course you 
should pursue. 

i was seven days at the death of Abraham Lincoln, in a sin- 
gular condition. On Saturday evening after his death, aljout 
tvvo o'clock, t heard of his terrible slaughter. I was struck with 
horror. 1 never had such feelings produced on me by the death 
of any man. About five o'clock the same evening I saw new' 
features in this government that I never saw before. From that 
evening till the Saturday morning following,- new^ ideas presen- 
ted themselves every day during the seven days. On Tuesday 
or Wednesday the same week this idea presented itself to me : 
American government is based on God's laws, and when man's 
laws become perfect the people on this earth will come to an 
end. At the time these ideas presented^ themselves they shined 
and glistened like the sun. TL-sg' itlkis hung around until I- 



became reckless arA uneasy, and the sweat rwi through, lof 
pores freely, and a thought suggested itself to me to write it 
down on paj^er. I was five hundred yards from the house when 
that idea suggested itself to me. I "went to the house and put it 
down oil paper. When I had placed it on paper, that instant I 
was shocked, or electrified^ all over "to the center. The paper I 
wrote those few li^es on dazzled and glistened like snow when 
. the sun shines upoa it. The lines I had written showed as if 
they were in waves. During the seven days it appeared as if I 
;had got in another world. Everything was right the reverse 
from my usual way ©f seeing things. The remainder of that 
week — from the time I was shocked^everything that I cast my 
•oyes upon assumed a new appearance. During that week I 
■wrote on several subjects varying from each other. By running 
the bearings of each subject I arrived at central conclusions.^ 
-Religion and American government are constructed on the same 
principles, and they are a combined structure in one sense. — - 
They are separate and apart in another seK.se, and designed for 
the happiness of man. There are central aad correct principles 
laid down in the laws for men to be guided by. When I speak 
of laws I mean the Bible and the Constitution of the United 
States. They are both sacred instruments, and neither will be 
trampled uncler foot. Men should be careful in changing either 
of these instruments to suit their notions. There are central 
^principles that nations will arrive at ; there are central princi- 
;ples that men will arrive at, as regards their future happiness. 
There are central prificiples that men will arrive at as to the 
spiritual condition of men. There are central principles that 
■each branch of business will arrive at. This the highest and 
noblest form of political government is represented by an eagle ; 
a free eagle ; one that enjoys universal liberty. So the govern^ 
ment of which the eagle is the emblem is to be a liberal gbv- 
H^rnment — a universal Democracy on a Republican forrm of gov- 
^ernment — and is to extend its power, as the flying eagle, over 
all the world. America is now the land and home of the flying 
'eagle. No man posseses the power of prescience, and therefore 
could not foresee the order of the events in the Divine govern- 
ment ; and these relations and contingencies are their com- 
mencemeiat and completings. No one but God can look into the 
future and tell precisely what will be the commencement, the 
course, the time and the completiiigs of events ; and blessings, 
-and glory, and thanksgivings, and honor, and power, and might, 
■be unto our God forever and ever. 

The Heavens, and the Earth, and the Bible, and the Constitu- 
tion of the United States, and the human race, are combined 
-and consolidated structures of God's works. 

American government is constructed upon the same principle 
that this earth is; and this earth has a center, and all the rain 
that falls on this earth draws to the center, and when at the 
•center it explodes all over this earth in small particles, then in- 



dines bacli to-the center, and will conHuuG this revcl'ution as^ 
long as this earth stands. 

American government revolves every twelve months, and ac- 
complishes its fixed principles, just the same as tlie earth re^ 
"wolves every twelve months and accomplishes her fixed princi- 
ples; and^ the President and his Cabinet and other statesmen 
are lights to this government just the same as the sun and the 
moon and the stars are lights to tliis earth;, and the President 
and Cabinet, and other statesmen and officers, down to Supervi- 
sors of the roads, have their channels or fixed principles to ope- 
rate in every year during their continuance in office, just the 
same as the sun and stars have their channels and fixed princi- 
ples to perform, as long as this earth stands. Now, the light or 
knowledge reflects througk channels from the President to the 
people, and from the people through channels to the President. 
American government is coiistructed upon the same principle 
that the Heavens are ; and the sun is in the center of the heav- 
ens, or Universe ; and the sun has the attracting and ruling, 
power over the- stars and earth ; on bodies as they revolve in 
their channels ar orbits, and accomplish their fixed principles ; 
and light reflects, or is conveyed through channels from the sun 
•upon those stax'S, or bodies, as they revolve in their spheres or 
orbits ; and from those stars or bodies the light reflects, or is 
conveyed, through channels to the sun, as they revolve in their 
spheres or orbits. 

Lightning is constructed upon the same principles that this 
earth is. Suppose a wire was belted rcund this earth, and 
electricity applied, it would run round this earth with the same ve- 
locity that this earth runs. Suppose the wire is cut, the elec- 
tricity explodes all over the earth,' then inclines back to the cen- 
ter. Lightning purifies the atmosphere ; gun powder purifies 
the laws, and calomel purifies the system. 

The human race is constructed upon the same princij)les that 
this earth is. A. man has a heart, and the blood revolves from. 
the heart to the most extreme parts of the system ; then it in- 
clines back to the heart, and the blood will continue these revo- 
lutions during his natural life. 

Now, the heavens and the earth, and- every living creature 
thereon, and the trees, and the vegetation, are all constructed 
upon the same principle. Those w^ho have ears let them hear. 

The American government is a white man's government. Its 
institutions should be free. Free labor, free schools, free 
speech, free press, free ballot, free religion. These institutions 
tolerated give every man and woman equal rights. By these 
principles all the knowledge in the nation is thrown out in small 
parcels ; then it inclines back to the center of this nation ; and 
the President is placed on the center of this nation until his 
time expires; and each man and woman should have the right 
to express his or her opinion, in their own way, concerning the 
laws that govern this nation; and by these principle,^ all thu 



'kno'\\''ledge in the nation collects ia a cliannol. Tliere'lias to be 
two parties to control this channel — one right the reverse of the 
other. I will reverse this channel to the head of the Ohio river. 
Now, there has to be two banks, one right ojiposite the other, to 
control this channel to its destination. If these banks are not 
sufficiently strong to conduct this water, or either side draws 
off from its usual place, the water will follow it and devastate 
the whole country as far as it spreads, and the water will re- 
main there until this bank that drew ofi" resumes its proper po- 
sition ; then the water will take its usual channel ; then it glides 
to the ocean or the center of the earth. As the water collects 
to the center it revolves over the earth in small particles, then 
collects in channels, and winds its way back to the center, this 
-water will continue to revolve over the earth, and through the 
earth, as long as this earth shall stand. 'It is upon the same 
principle that this government is constructed. There are mark- 
ed channels on fixed principles to be carried out, and the two 
parties make their appearance. Tliey have a check upon each 
other, and the President is placed in the center, with the at- 
tracting and ruling power. One party is elected by the people 
to follow this channel for a certain period of time. If they de- 
viate from the fixed principles, or draw off from the fixed prin- 
ciples, tlie other party takes the channel, and will control, for 
the time being; and if any section of territory, or .party, hauls 
off from the channel, or will not be ruled, nor snbiuit unto the 
laws regulating the people, it creates a convulsion in, the gov- 
ernment, and the turn of tide sweeps over the country and de- 
vastates ail. It sweeps over until that territory forms its usual 
place. 

Every beginning is shrouded in a mist — those vague ideas be- 
vond ; and the traveler setteth on his journey, oppressed with 
ills many thoughts — balancing his hopes and fears, and looking 
for some order in the chaos — some secret path between the 
cliffs that seem to bar his way. So he commenced the clue to 
unraveling its tangled schemes, and boldly speedeth on to thread 
the labarynth before him. Then as he gropeth in the darkness, 
light is attendant on his steps. He walketh straight in fervent 
faith, and difficulties vanish at his presence. The very flashing 
of his sword scattereth foes confident and sanguine of success. — 
He goeth forth. " conquering and to conquer." 

American government is based on God's laws, and pian's laws 
will come on a level with Clod's laws, either by legislation or by 
the sword. Now, as each and every State or star forms a part 
of this government, and a body within itself, and supports its 
own weight within itself ; now, as each and every man or star 
forms a part of this government and a body within himself, he 
should support his own weight of the burdens of this govern- 
ment according to his bulk or wealth ; then every man or star 
Avould secure his own level, and revolve within himself. This 
is the tru€ principle of this government and it w^ill be carried 



out. Tills Union ivill gi-o\v and it will continue to increase in 
strength and power, though ir may be cemented and cleansed in 
blood. 

The sun and stars are separate bodies within llicniselvcs, and 
they support themselves within themselves by the attraction of 
eacii oiher. Now, all these stars or bodies have their attrac- 
tions to each other, and to the sun, as they revolve around the 
sun in their channels or orbits, and the stars or bodies that are 
nearest the sun are the smallest of those bodies; and those stars 
or bodies increase in size as they recede from the sun ; and the 
further they withdraw from the sun the longer it takes them to 
make their revolution round the sun. Now, those large stars 
or bodies have their waters just the same as the sun has her wa- 
ters, according to their bulk or size. I base my remarks on the 
sizes and numbers of those planets that revolve around the sun 
as a center, from Sir Isaac Newton's works on Astronomy. 

The Solar System consists of the sun and twenty-nine other 
bodies which revolve around him at various distances, and in 
vai'ious periods of time. The bodies which revolve around the 
sun as a center are called and primary planets; thus the Earth, 
Venus and Mars are primary planets. Those which revolve 
around the primary planets are called secondary planets, moons 
or satelites. The primary planets revolve around the sun in the 
following order, and complete their revolutions in the following 
times, computed in our days and years : Beginning with that 
nearest to the sun — Mercury performs her revolutions in eigh- 
ty-seven days and twenty-three hours; Venus in 224 days and 
17 hours; the Earth, attended by the Moon, in oG5 days and 
.hours; .Mars, in one year and 322 days; Geres, in 4 years, 7 
months and 10 days; Jupiter, in 11 years, 315 days and 10 
hours ; Saturn, in 29 years, 161 days and 19 hours. Now I will 
present the two largest planets and the sizes of those two plan- 
ets, .with their movements among the heavenly bodies, and their 
bearings to each other as they revolve in their spheres. The 
Sun is'the center of the Solar System, and the great dispenser 
of heat and light to all the planets around it. All the planet;^ 
revolve as around a common center ; the Sun being the largest 
body in our system, and so far as we know, the largest in tbj 
Universe. The distance of the sun from the earth is ninety-five 
.millions of miles,, and his diameter is estimated at 880,000 mill- 
ions. Our globe, when compared with the magnitude of the 
sun, is a mere point, for his bulk is thirteen hundred thousand 
times greater than that of the earth. I will present the planet 
called Herschel, completes her revolution around the sun in 
nearly 84 of our years, moving in his orbit at the rate of 15,000 
miles in an hour. His diameter is 35,000 miles ; so that his 
bulk is about eighty times that of the earth. The light and 
heat of the sun at' Herschel, is about 3G0 times less than it is ar 
the earth, and yet it has been found, by calculation, that thi.- 
light .is cijual to 248 of our full moons — a strikin.;,' proof of tli-- 



irk-conceiv.able qiiantity of ligkt emitted by tlie sun. Tliis^plan- 
•e: lias six satelites wliich revolve around him at various distan- 
ces, and in different times. The periods of some of these have 
been ascertained, while those of the other remain unknown. — 
These two planets are the extreme planets, or the two largest, 
and the sun is the center, and Herchel is the farthest from the 
sun, and they have full control of, or check upon, the other 
planets as they revolve in their spheres, or orbits. 

Now, this government is constructed upon the same princi- 
ples that those heavenly bodies are. The President represents 
the sun, and the peoplerepresent the planet called Herschel, and 
they are 1,800 millions of miles apart ; and the President holds 
one end of the string, and the people hold the other end of the 
string ; and the j)ower, or laws, gradually recede down from the 
President down to the people, and is a combined structure, 
and each officer is invested with a certain power, or bounds ; 
and they are held with checks binding on each other. The peo- 
ple are the law makers, or the sovereign power is invested in 
them. The people set forth their views, or measure :, that they 
wish to be carried out. If they are not correct views they must 
suffer in proportion to their errors. The people elect their 
statesmen to make their laws ; they elect the officers to execute 
their laws ; their statesmen and officers are elected for a certain 
period 'of time. If they deviate from the wishes of the people, 
they should haul them off and place others in their stead. The- 
President is elected every four years, and other officers at dif- 
ferent periods, as the laws direct. There has to be two parties 
to fill these offices — one right the reverse of the other. These 
two parties set their views before the public, and they are to be 
the judges, and decide their views. Now, these politicians take 
sides right the reverse of each other, and there is a great deal 
of gas explodes from these gentlemen, as they endeavor to set 
forth their views concerning the welfare of the people and them- 
selves. The day is set, and these two parties come in contact 
with each other at the ballot box ; and one party destroys the - 
other party for the next four years ; and at that time the party 
that got defeated may defeat the other party for a certain peri- 
od of time. This is owing to how they shape their measures- 
that come before the people. 

Boys it won't do to have — but it must be men to run this- 
kind of a machine. They first burst our heads, and then they 
will burst our pockets. Wake up ! This is designed with full 
force unto each party. 

A few remarks to the laboring classes of mankind, is to watch 
your leaders in political life. There are reverses in everything 
that the mind can imagine. It is absolutely necessary that it 
should be ; but it is not necessary that men sl|ould quarrel with 
each other on matters in which they are tiot ■ interested. You- 
should mingle with each other and have an interchange of opin- 
i.on with each other, for peoples' minds difi[er from each other as ■ 



fajias- colors- differ from each otlicr. This appears to be the cor- 
rect idea — that peoj)le should meet together and consider the 
changes in the laws they wish to be made. If our leaders can 
make us believe there is a certain class of politicians who are 
corrupt, it is the very thing they strike at. If those political 
leaders can get up a bubble between, the people; it is all one- 
half of them care for. While the people quarrel about the purse 
the politician slips it in his pocket. This is the truth ; and who 
is to blame? The people. It appears for the last several years 
that there has been a continued increase in the salaries of of- 
fice holders. It appears that they can quarrel with each other 
on any ijiatter that may come before them with the exception of 
raising their salaries. U]Don this c[uestion they agree with each 
other ve\y readily. It is an important matter that high sala- 
ries shourd be carried, for our forefathers established this form 
of government and the laws that regulate each branch o.f busi- 
ness, and the salaries that each branch should receive. These 
old men, who are dead and gone, left their land-marks to be- 
followed. Some of those old men, of whom we see their por- 
traits and signatures to those sacred documents that we have 
for our guides, will never be surpassed in all time to come, and 
their teachings should be reverenced in every walk of life. — 
The majority of our leading political men for the last ten years 
have filied their pockets with the corruption of their hearts, out 
of the people's pockets.. 

I will suggest a few ideas to my fellow-men in each denomina- 
tion of Christian Brethren who join in society as the followers 
of our Lord Jesus Christ. We should keep a strict watch over 
ourselves, and a strict watch over our leaders, and see that we 
are not led astray by designing men, who present themselves to 
be invested with all the power that is necessary to forgive sins 
or represent themselves to be the mediators between God and 
man. Now, my friends, to this class of men you should be cau- 
tious, for fear you; should be led astray. At any rate, test their 
power before you place too much confidence in them. If these 
men can reverse the rivers, and turn them into blood, they are 
possessed with the power to carry any measure into effect that 
they may wish. If you are noL possessed with this power you 
should get down on your knees before your God, and get your 
sins forgiven with the quickening and electrifying power of the 
Supreme Being. When you get your sins forgiven you never 
will make a mockery of our Savior in all time to come. There 
is only one true God, and through Him. alone this blessing is re- 
ceived. 

I will draw your attention to our duties to each other as 
Christians. We should mingle with each other in our churches. 
This appears to be the correct principle, that all denominations 
should adopt. These diiferent denominations of Christians are 
a representation of those heavenly bodies that surround the sun 
as a center. If these different denominations would take this 



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method of conducting their meetings there woukl he a great 
deal of improvement in a short time. By these means the dif- 
ferent denominations would be improved, through the attrac- 
tions they would derive from each other. 

A word on Baptism : There are reverses in everything, and 
the revex'ses are the balances of everything. Christ's blood was 
spilt for the redemption of sin, and Abraham Lincoln's blood 
Avas spilt for the redemption of this nation. Judges of courts in 
making up their decisions in divorce cases should be governed 
by the teachings of the Bible. A man can lose his property by 
his own negligence ; a man can lose his soul by his own negli- 
gence. The sacred tcriptures contain the great problem of di- 
vine truth which will not be fully solved till the night of time 
is passed and the day of eternity begins to dawm. Each denom- 
ination of Christians should adopt the same system for their 
church organization that, this governmen,; does. It is on the 
correct principle. ^^^We-f-wcrt-ivo ! Reform ! reform ! -' 

We will take a survey of God's power brought to the view of 
man. We see that the two greater bodies — right to the reverse , 
of each other. For instance, fire and water. These are two 
great bodies, and neither can be disposed of. We will throw a 
portion of these two bodies togethei' into a vessel, and see the 
effect that is produced. For instance, a shovel full of fire and a 
certain cjuantity of water. These two bodies are thrown to- 
gether and an explosion takes place, r.nd in a short period of 
time there is neither fire nor water in that vessel. If there had 
been a little less water there w^ould have been a spark of fire 
left to kindle with. If there had been a larger quantity of wa- 
ter thrown together in the vessel, there would have been no 
fire, and a small cjuantity of water left. We see that these two 
bodies are designed to be kept separate and apart from each oth- 
er. We will take a survey of the human race as we find them. 
AVe find that they are two great spiz-its that operate with them 
at times. These"' two spirits are right to the reverse of each oth- 
er. One is the good spirit, the other the evil spirit. A man is 
led by the evil spirit until there is a change takes place. The 
good spirit presents itself at times. A man should not let this 
opportunity pass. AVhen these two spirits come in contact with 
each other a collision takes place within a man. At that time 
the man is regenerated and born through the spirit of Christ ; 
and at this time he has torn loose from his former companions. 
His heart and soul leap with joy. He has become the new 
man. That man never will forget that day or place that this 
change took place within ]iim. If he lives up to his duty this 
good spirit will visit him every day, regular as the day comes. 
(Grod has laid down his laws. They are laid down in two chan- 
nels. They are laid down plain, and easy to be understood. — 
One leads a man to Heaven and the other to destruction. 

We will take another survey of color on the human race. We 
.find that they are the white man and the black man. They are 



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■ riglit the reverse of cacli otlicr. Both races are designed to fill 
their sphere. Each race forms ifgpb separate bodies or channels. 
If the wickedness of man throws these two bodies or channels 
togettier there will be a collision take place between these two 
races, and one race will destroy the other race. We see that 
they are two separate. races together, and the wickedness of man 
will prevail as long as these races are kept together. As time 
progresses these two races Avill seek their level and be consolida- 
ted in two separate bodies through the attraction of nature. — 
Those that have cars let them hear. 

Our duty to this unfortunate race is to furnish them plenty of 
labor and see that they don't idle their time-'away. When their 
labor is done pay them for their labor, so that they may main- 
tain themselves and families. This is one of this race that peo- 
ple should be careful in what position they place it. They have 
their certain sphere to revolve in. We can't place them upon a 
level with the white race. If we do the expense overruns the 
profit in property and blood. This race of people is a separate 
race which is thrown out of its proy)er channel, and they should 
have ample protection through the laws that govern the white 
race. Ko gentleman should ask for them to bo put on a level 
with the white race. What God in his wisdom has set separate 
and apart from each other, it is beyond the power of man to 
coasolidate. 

I have .endeavored to lay before the reader the true princi- 
ples of this government, and the true principles to be carried 
out. We have just passed through one of those deadly conflicts 
which has been approaching for the last fifty years, or more, on 
account of a system of servitude of humap beings which was ad- 
opted in some of the States contrary to God's laws. The conse- 
quence was that a difierence of opinions sprung up between the 
free States and the slave States. These two reverses I will rep- 
resent to your minds as two separate clouds — one in the north 
and one in the south. They Avere small .fifty years ago. As 
each year progressed, these clouds Avould curl, apxl weave, aud 
collect in these two bodies. As time progressed these two clouds 
collected in larger bodies, and the skies became darker and 
more stormy. These two clouds began to advance towards each 
other. The nearer they advanced to each other the darker they 
became. 

I will present to your minds these clouds. When th.ey pre- 
sent themselves they are accompanied with thunder and light- 
ning and rain, or hail. The report of the c*nnon will represent 
thunder; cannon balls will represent lightning, as it passes 
through the heavens ; grape shot represents forked hghtning, 
or s|)otches ; musket balls represent hail or rain. These two 
threatening bodies began to advance towards each other with 
mighty power and force. When they came in range of each 
other their big guns began to thunder at each other. The near- 
er they advanced to each other the quicker and faster they re- 



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plied to each other. Now death and destruction ha& hegnn to^ 
be dealt out to each of these two reverses. Now we behold the 
flags as they wave and flow and curl through, the air by every 
breeze and current of the wind that happeias to blow. Now we 
see the officers, and their men who are under their command,, 
as they are marched in waves and curls through each other in 
solid column to deal death by wholesale to their fellow men, as 
they stand with their eyes gazing on each other, waiting for the 
command to be given ; and the command is given, and the small 
arms roar, and the officers stammer and blow, and the cannons 
thunder from the two reverses, and d.eath and destruction stare 
each man in the face who is engaged in this terrible scene, for 
the cannon balls roar as they pass through the air ; the bullets 
whistle; the bayonets and the swords glisten, and the shrieks of 
the wounded and dying are too terrible to behold. 0, look 
back a few short months and imagine the sceaes and walks of 
your weary footsteps as you roamed over hill and valley, by 
day and night to meet your fellow being in deadly strife. 0, 
think of your dear comrades whom you left behind on the field 
of battle, dead and dying, to rise no more on the broad ocean of 
this world of ours. 0, think of the widows and orphans, and 
fathers, and mothers, and sisters, and brothers, whose tears steal 
down their cheeks when their minds wandered back upon those 
who were slain upon the field of battle on those days which are 
past and gone to return no more. Let the past be a lesson for 
all time to come, and look ahead for the future, and try to shape 
our-future course so as to meet our fellow beings and extend to 
them the right hand of fellowship in any sphere that we may 
meet together in. 

Now^I will make a prophecy. If we get up a general muss 
among the people of this nation the earth will totter and tum- 
ble under the weight of it, and the blood will run in torrents.— 
0, you sinners take warning before it is too late. Your days are- 
drawing near when you will stand before your God ancl hear 
the death sentence passed upon your soul. Those Avho have 
ears let them hear. 

A man and his wife and their children are a representation 
of those heavenly bodies which revolve around the sun as a cen- 
ter. The man is the center, or represents the sun, and he has 
the attracting and ruling power over his wife and children as 
they revolve in their spheres ; and his wife ref)resents the star 
or planet called Herschel, and she is right the reverse, and holds 
the balance of power; and the children are between these two 
bodies. There is a flow of love and attraction existing between, 
these two extreme bodies, and to their children, as they revolve 
in their sphere, and light and knowledge are conveyed through 
channels from the man to his wife and children, as they revolve 
in their sphere ; and light and knowledge are conveyed through 
channels to her husband and children, as they revole in their 
sphere ; and they are checks binding on those bodies as they re- 
vplve in their sphere. , 



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The government tliat tlie Eagle represents is constructed oh 
the same principle that religion is. God is the Supreme Being 
and controler of the heavens and earth, and all things therein. 
<Tod has laid down his laws for man to live b}^ and die by ; and 
they are plain and easy to be understood ; and if a man wish- 
es to get religion, or be enlightened, he must seek the Lord and 
be regenerated and born through the spirit of Christ. When a 
man receives this blessing he is enlightened, and has a spiritual 
knowledge of the great Supreme Being. This light and knowl- 
edge cannot be obtained in any other way only through Christ, 
When people receive a blessing there are love and good feeling 
towards each other and to their Redeemer, and praises and love 
are offered up to their Redeemer. The Christian receives warm 
seasons in return ; there is a flow of love existing between the 
Redeemer and his children. This love or light reflects through 
channels from the Redeemer to his people, and from his people 
through channels to their Redeemer. This flow of love will 
continue as long as men live up to their duty. I will take e. 
survey of those two bearings : The plough boy, by good dili- 
gence and good economy, may ascend to the President's seat ; 
that is the highest gift of the people. The poorest man that 
"walks 'OH this ea-rth., by seeking the Lord and being regenerated 
a-nd quickened through the electrifying power of our Supreme 
Being, may ascend to the highest seat in heaven. Now, each 
State forms a part of this government, and a body within itself, 
and a flow of news is conveyed through the States to the gov- 
ernment. It is on the same principle that each denomination 
of Christian bodies forms a part of Christ's church. Now, I 
will represent the body of a tree as Christ's church, and each 
limb thereon will represent each denomination of Christian 
bodies. When a man is regenerated, they may attach them- 
selves to any limb on that tree that they may desire ; and a man 
■ that has not been regenerated cannot ascend to either of those 
limbs; and when a man dies, his body returns to dust, and his 
soul is attached to the tree of life. Reform ! Reform ! Reform ! 

The human race is constructed on the same prtnciples that 
this government is, and they are both as complete machinery as 
any man ever understood, and they are correct principles that 
men must understand to be successful in either of these branches. 
The doctor must understand the different diseases of man, and 
then understand the correct medicines that should be gi-ven for 
different kinds of diseases, if he wishes to be successful ; and if 
■A doctor administer a dose of medicine that is contrary to the 
disease, the patieiat suffers in proportion to the error ; as to the 
different qualities of medicines, calomel stands at the head to 
purify the system; and quinine is right to the reverse; its qual- 
ities are to' produce heat and strengthen the system. These 
medicines should be administered separate and apart from each 
other, until each medicine produces the effect it was designed 
to produce- Cholera is a disease that its disasters are most fa- 



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tal in crowded cities. The greater number of cases tliere is in 
a city, the more the atmosphere becomes pregnated, the more 
the system becomes pregnated with the disease; and when the 
system becomes thoroughly pregnated, the system rehaxes and 
runs off. The authorities of cities should see that the streets 
and alleys are thoroughly cleansed, and measures resorted to 
that will plirify the' atmosphere. At such times the people 
should Ivcep stringent medicines at their command to use when 
necessary. There will Be new and more complicated diseases 
m-ake their appearaiice in the human system as time progresses. 
Doctors shoulcl lerfet these diseases out, and then ferret the 
medicines out that is designed to assist nature in her struggle. 
If there are medicines that will cure one disease, there are 
medicines that will cure all diseases that the system is subject 
to, when found out. 

The day will come when each branch of business will arrive 
at perfection. There are correct principles for each branch of 
business, and when men thoroughly understand those princi- 
ples, they may arrive at correct conclusions. The day will 
come when machinery Avill arrive to such perfection that they 
will be constructed on the same principles that those heavenly 
bodies are. Yv''e have the principles, and we have the materials 
that attract each other. Men can't construct any kind of ma- 
chinery that will run without an operator. When electricity 
arrives ar perfection, the wires will be connected around the' 
earth, and branches leading from each nation to corroborate 
with it for its support. The government which the Eagle rep- 
resents is constructed on this heavenly planetary system. The 
day will come when some man can explain the entire system. 
There will be new discoveries made in nibre territory or islands. 
Gold and silver are the standard of currency ; gold represents 
the sun — it has fhe attracting and ruling point ; silver is the re- 
verse — it holds the balance of power. The- day Avill come; when 
fluctuating currency will disperse like chaff before the' wind, to 
return no more. AVine is the pure beverage ; it represents the 
sun. The day will come when malt liquors will disperse like' 
the dew before the sun. The day will come when a man com- 
mits a crime he will be detected and brought to justice. A man 
that cofQmits a crime, knovrs that he commits a crime. A man 
that is charged with a crime, knows whether he is guilty or in- 
nocent of that crime. A man that commits a crime leaves a 
trail that ca'ii be followed to his den and be detected. The cor- 
rect way to 'detect men is to ask them questions varying from 
the crime" thfit they are guilty of, and they may answer ques- 
tions correctly or incorrectly, at their pleasure ; it makes, but 
little difference If they refuse to answer questions, you have 
the bird. If a man is innocent, he will answer questions readily 
and correctly ; if he is guilty, he will answer varying. ^. The de- 
tector should keep his eyes placed on the culprit's face when 
investigating him, as seeir^-g and: hearing runs through the same 



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clionnel. Tins braneli of business requires men to be keen, 
shrewd, and thorough going, and combativeness with penetrating 
minds, to be successfuL If tlicy arc not possessed of these 
qualities, they may as well stay at home. 

A word to statesmen : In the course of human events, it be- 
comes necessary that man's laws should be placed on a level 
\?ith God's laws in respect to woman's rights. They are tramp- 
led under foot in certain circumstances, and the laws should be 
to correspond with each sex ; the aggressor should be placed on 
a level with his victim. If a man wishes to be successful in anv 
branch of business, he should study nature. The earth is the 
central depot. Its resources are inexhaustable in every respect. 
When one resource gives out, there is another more substantial 
to take its place. There will be more new discoveries in min- 
ing in dilferent localities of the earth, in each department of 
metals, in each department of drugs, and in oils and salts. The 
earth and the sea is where mankind resort to for the sustenance 
of life and luxuries, and it requires the sweat of the brow to 
produce those blessings. 

God created the earth and all things thereon ; he cre- 
ated everything for a certain purpose or sphere, or a body to 
act within itself. We will take sweets and sours and bitters, 
and other ingredients, and throw this mixture together in a tub. 
In a few davs they will commence to foment, and Avill keep on 
fomenting till they will purify and settle. God created Adam 
and Eve ; he created them after his own heart, which is pure ; 
he placed them in the Garden of Eden ; the Serpent beguiled 
Eve, and she ate the forbidden fruit, and through Adam and 
Eve the race of man became corrupt. Now, I will, present this 
earth as a big tub, and we have sweets, sours, and bitters ; or, 
in other words, corruption of each and every kind that the hu- 
man mind can invent; and these varieties of bodies are in this 
tub ; they will gradually foment and purify ; the corruption of 
the white man enslaved the black man; the corruption of the 
white man liberated the black man, and a mixture of corrup- 
tions throwed together in bodies would finally foment and pu- 
rify, and be as pure and clean as the morning sun. Each de- 
nomination of Christian bodies is a representation of those 
heavenly bodies that surround the sun as a centre. The minis- 
ter of the Gospel is a representation of Christ, or, in other 
words, the sun. His Christian brethren are a representation of 
the Saints, or, in other words, the planet Herschel. Each de- 
nomination is a body within itself, to act within itself Each 
nation is a representation of those heavenly bodies that revolve 
around the sun as a center. Each nation is a body 
within itself, to act within itself. Each State is a representa- 
tion of those heavenly bodies that revolve around the sun as a 
center. Each State is a body within itself, to act within itself. 
Each County in a State is a representation of those heavenly 
bodies that revolve around the sun as a center. Each County 
is a body within itself, to act within itself. 



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Any man wishing to receive tlie full force and meaning of a 
sermon, should place their eyes on the speaker's face during his 
remarks. The better the minister of the Gospel understands 
the Bible, the better he can explain the Bible, and the correcter 
they explain the Bible, the correcter the people understands the 
Bible. 

A man's intellect ex]3ands as the leaves of a tree expands in 
any climate where he resides, and he becomes solid as winter 
apiriroaches ; and every year the tree gets older, it gets larger; 
and every year a man gets older, he gets wiser, until old age, 
or some disease, may affect him. God created man, and he cre- 
ated them to be equal in one sense; that is, the white man to 
be equal with the white man, and the black man to be equal with 
the black man! 

A word to the leaders of each nation : Let the year eighteen 
hundred and sixty-six be the commencement of the great work 
of reformation of nations. Those nations which never have had 
their governments established on the correct principles, your 
duty is to establish them on the correct principles, and then 
carry those principles out. The leaders of nations should min- 
gle through each other with brotherly love for each other, and 
let your light, and knowledge, and attraction, be thrown out 
and reflect through each other, and by these means there is a 
great source of knowledge to be obtained. These are the prin- 
ciples that the heavenly bodies bear to each other, and man is 
no better than those heavenly bodies. They are all God's work. 
Each State should follow the same principles. Each denomi^na- 
tion of Christian bodies should follow those same principles, and 
carry those principles out. " Behold, I stand qt the door and 
knock; if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will 
come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me ; and 1 
say -unto you, my friends, be not afraid of them that kill the 
body, and after that have no more that they can do; but I will 
forewarn you whom you sboiald. fear : fear Him which after He 
hath killed, hath ix)wer to cast into h-ell. I know thy works. 
Behold, I set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it^ 
for thou hath a little strength, and hath kept my word, and 
hath not denied my name." But godliness, with contentment, 
is great gain, for we brought nothing into this world, and it is 
certain we can carry nothing out; and having food and raiment, 
let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich fall 
into temptations and snares, and into many foolish and hurtful 
lusts, which lead men to destruction and perdition; for the love 
of money is the root of all evil, which while some covet after 
they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through 
with many sorrows. But thou, man of God, flee these things, 
and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, jDatience, 
meekness; fight the good fight of faith; lay hold on eternal life 
whereunto thou art also called, and hath professed a good pro- 
fession before many witnesses; charge them that are rich in ihis 



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world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain 
riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly of all things 
to enjoy that they do good; that they be rich in good works, 
ready to distribute willingly, to communicate largely, and lay 
up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to 
come that they may hold on to eternal life. Now, every one 
that thirsteth, come ye to the water, and he that hath no money 
come ye, buy and eat ; yea, come, buy wine and milk without 
money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for 
that which is not bread, and your labor for that which satisfieth 
not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat that which is good, 
and let your soul delight itself in patience. Incline your ear, 
and come unto me ; hear, and your soul shall live, and I will 
make an everlasting covenant with you. Hear, gold diseases of 
earth, give yourself for this gold, and be truly one foreVer I'ich. 
Be ye therefore ready, also, for the Son of man cometh at an 
hour when ye think not. Hold fast these promises steadfast 
unto the end, and never cast away your confidence, which hath 
so great a recompence of reward, and repent of whatever wrong 
ye have done, or duty left undone, and return unto the Lord, 
and He will have mercy upon you ; even come humbly to God 
and he will abundantly pardon all your sins. I will not blot out 
his name out of the Book of Life, but I will confess his name be- 
fore my Father and befoce hie angels, as being my true disciples. 
Hold that fast which thou hast ; see it is but a little while that 
you have to labor and watch and suffer for my sake ; so if you 
are faithful, it is but a little time till the crown will be yours, 
and yours forever, without the possibility of again losing it. The 
crown is an emblem of the highest honor, wealth, and happi- 
ness. Why the exhortation to hold that fast which thou hast 
if there were no possibility of letting it go or losing it? There- 
fore, let us give the more earnest heed to the things we have, 
lest at any time we should let them • slip, and the inheritance 
prepared for us be taken possession of by another. This is cer- 
tainly the plain common teachings of the text. Thou ought to 
be one kind of a man — either a good man or a bad man ; there 
are many persons living so near the line which divides between 
right and wrong, it is hard to tell whether they are good or bad. 
But God cannot be deceived. " I will spew thee out of my 
mouth." Food is taken into the stomach for the purpose of 
nourishing, strengthening, and building up the body ; so when we 
are received into Chi'ist, it is for the same purpose, that we may 
nourish, and build up his body, the Church. But if we answer 
not to this legitimate object, we shall be cast out as lukewarm 
water or offensive food from the mouth. God will open the 
windows of heaven, and pour him out such a blessing there 
shall not be room to contain it. If man will ask, God will give. 
God has given us eyes and ability to open or close them, but 
does not force us to do either, therefore the opening of our eyes 
and seeing, or the closing of our eyes and not seeing, is our own 
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act, for we are moral agents, and treated as such. God is light, 
and in him is no darkness at all ; and he is exhibited as dwell- 
ing in light, unapproachable and full of glory, whom no man 
hath seen or can see while the spirit is imprisoned in the body. 
Light is first in grace as well as in nature ; wherefore God hath 
highly exalted him and given him a name which is above every 
name ; that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of 
things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the 
earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ ia 
Lord to the gloi'y of the Father ; for, what is a man profited if 
he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul ? Or what 
shall a man gain in exchange for his soul ? For the son of man 
should come in the glory of his Father, with his angels, and then 
he should reward every man according to his worth, and the 
vision of all is become unto you as the words of the book that is 
sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying : Read 
this, 1 pray thee ; and he saith, I cannot, for it is sealed ; and 
then the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying: 
Read this, I pray thee ; and he saith I am not learned, where- 
fore the Lord said, forasmuch as this people draw near me with 
their raoutli, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed 
their hearts far from me, and their fear towards me is taught by 
the precept of men ; therefore, behold, I Avill proceed to do a 
marvelous work. 4And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will 
come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among 
them. — Ezekiel, xxxiii, SSJ 

Among this people even"a marvelous work and a wojider ; for 
the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understand- 
ing of their prudent men shall be hid. — Isaiah xxix, 11-14. 

Religion is a body within itself, and acts within itself, and 
causes men to act Avithin themselves. It presents itself in as 
many diflerent ways as there are shades of color. For instance, 
love, joy, happine.ss, attraction, fear, doubt, kindling up, shocks 
or modified states and tears. God never requires more of men 
than he gives ability. IJe first gives ability, then they should 
use that ability. Thine, Lord is the greatness, and the power 
and glory, and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in tho 
heavens and in the earth is thine. Thine is the kingdom, 
Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. Both riches and 
honor come of thee, and thou reignest over all, and in thy hands 
is power and might, and in thy hands it is to make great and to 
give strength unto all. We acknowledge, thou lamb of God, 
that our power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and hon- 
or, and glory, and blessings come of Thee, for Thou art the giver 
of every good and perfect gift — the author of our present and 
eternal salvation. Reform! Reform 1 Reform! Wake up ! 

"This is the word of truth and love; 
Sent to tne nations from above, 
Jehovah here resolves to show 
What his AlralKhty grace can do. 
May but this grace my soul renew ; 
Let sinners gaze and hate ine too ; 
The word that saves me does engage 
A sure defense from all thy rage." 



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lb is, moreover, worthy of our notice, as we are informed by 
church history, that not a single Jew Christian perished at the 
Biege of Jerusalem. God,, in mercy to man, after due warning, 
often destroyed those nations when they proved to be incorrigi- 
bly wicked. This is precisely the manner m which he dealt 
with the unbelieving, Llaspheming and incorrigible Jews, when 
at the siege of Jerusalem he destroyed 1,500,000, and scattered 
the remainder of them abroad among the nations, unto this 
day. God is no respecter of persons, but he that feareth him 
and wanteth righteousness is accepted of him in every nation. — 
Every man's works are to be measured, or tried, and every one 
finally acquitted, or condemned ; where little is given little is 
required ; where m?uh is given, much will be required ; for he 
that knoweth his m inter's will and doeth it not, shall be beaten 
with many stripes ; but he that knoweth not and doeth his mas- 
ter's will, shall be beaten with few. Seek ye the Lord while he 
may be found. Ca'l ye upon him while he is near. Let the 
wicked forsake his ways, and the unrighteous man his thoughts ; 
and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon 
him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon; for my 
thoughts are not your thoughts ; neither are your ways my 
ways, saith the Lord, for as the heavens are higher than the 
earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts 
are higher than your thoughts. Jesus Christ, who was to rule 
all nations by his law and go.spel, and finally'to break in pieces 
as a potter's vessel whatever opposeth the progress of his king- 
dom. 0, Truth, whither hast thou fled?. 0, Justice, why 
standeth thou afar off? 0, unrighteou.sness, where is thy 
dwelling place? What i.-^ to be the awful fate of those who turp 
away irom the pure gospel system to believe fables and receive 
the doctrines of devils or anti-Chri.st, and disbelieve and disturb 
the lamb of God — the Savior — the only means given under 
heaven whereby we must be saved? for the word of God is quick 
and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing 
even to the dividing asunder of the soul and spirit and of the 
joints and marrow, and is a diviner of the thoughts and intents 
of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest 
in his sight; but, all things are naked and open unto the eyes of 
him with whom we have to do ; for as the rain cometh down and 
the snow from the heavens and rcturneth not thither, but wa- 
tereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may 
give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my words 
be that goeth forth out of my mouth; it shall not return unto 
me void, but it shall complete that which I please, and it shall 
prosper in the things whereto I sent it; and God shall wipe 
away all tears from their eyes. This is the most beautiful im- 
age of the infinite affection of our Heavenly Father which can 
be found in all the records of time. The Bible, with all its ex- 
cellent and refined imagery, brings up this as the crowning glo- 
ry, as kind parents pity their innocent and Buffering children, 



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and take them to their bosoms and gently wipe away their 
tears of sorrow, and console them with pitying words, so 
the Lord pitieth his children and cares for his people and bears 
them in his bosom, nourishes them with his grace, and consoles 
them with his promises, and wipes away their tears and removes 
all causes of distress, suftering and grief. 

Kind reader, this is the happiness of those who have washed 
their robes and made them white in the blood of the lamb of 
God which taheth away the sins of the world. Art thou wash- 
ed ? 0, rest not till thou art washed and hast on the wedding 
garment and art prepared for the inheritance of the saints. — 
Take those multitudes of redeemed mortals for an example of 
suffering, and of patience, and of faithfulness. And be thou 
faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life ; and 
blessings, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, 
and power and might, be unto our God, forever and ever, amen, 

ALEXANDER TRIPPET. 
Gibson County, Indiana. 



I will be thankful to the editors of newspapers to copy this 
message in their papers. And also 1 will request the good cit- 
izens of nations to see that this message is placed in each house- 
hold. 



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